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Please join us at the annual NOAO Town Hall on Tuesday, 8 January 2013 (12:45 to 1:45) at the Long Beach AAS meeting. A brief presentation by the NOAO Director will be followed by ample time for discussion of issues and concerns raised by the audience.

We also encourage you to attend the NSF Town Hall on Monday, 7 January 2013 (12:45 to 1:45). This is your chance to discuss issues and concerns with NSF representatives about all matters under their purview, including the Portfolio Review.

NSF Portfolio Review (Many Endorse System Roadmap Committee Statement): Nearly a thousand community members have endorsed the statement issued by the Ground-based OIR System Roadmap Committee (SRC) on the NSF/AST Portfolio Review Committee (PRC) report. The statement describes the profound adverse impact on ground-based astronomy and the OIR System if the PRC recommendations are implemented as described in their report. The strong endorsement of the SRC statement, which makes recommendations regarding the implementation of the report, is broadly based, demonstrating that the statement represents the views of the broad community. We invite the community to attend the NSF and NOAO Town Halls at the January AAS meeting and discuss the implementation of the NSF Portfolio Review report.

CTIO’s 50th Anniversary Celebration (Conference on “Fifty Years of Wide Field Studies in the Southern Hemisphere”): To celebrate the 50th anniversary of NOAO in the South, NOAO will host in La Serena, Chile on 6-9 May 2013 a conference on resolved stellar populations of the Milky Way bulge, the Galactic Halo, and the Magellanic Clouds. The conference will cover existing observations from large-scale surveys, new surveys in development, and diverse strategies that can place innovative constraints on Galaxy formation models. The registration deadline is 1 April 2013.

System Development (Workshop on “Spectroscopy in the Era of LSST”): Spectroscopic follow-up observations of LSST discoveries will play an important, often critical, role in fulfilling the scientific promise of LSST. To prepare for science with LSST, NOAO will host a workshop in Tucson on 11-12 April 2013. The goal of the workshop is to produce a responsive and prioritized development plan for the coming decade. Please register by 31 January 2013.

Did something interesting, inspiring, or surprising happen on a recent observing run? Please tell us about it! Is there a topic that you would like to see covered in a future Currents? If you are planning a regional astronomy meeting or department internal symposium, would you like someone from NOAO to give a presentation on our new program? Please contact us at currents@noao.edu. We look forward to hearing from you!


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	Currents Archive Currents is a sparkplug for communication between NOAO and our community. It provides updates—and solicits community input—on NOAO observing opportunities and NOAO programs and policies on a more rapid timescale than is possible with the NOAO Newsletter. Current Issue Please join us at the annual NOAO Town Hall on Tuesday, 8 January 2013 (12:45 to 1:45) at the Long Beach AAS meeting. A brief presentation by the NOAO Director will be followed by ample time for discussion of issues and concerns raised by the audience. We also encourage you to attend the NSF Town Hall on Monday, 7 January 2013 (12:45 to 1:45). This is your chance to discuss issues and concerns with NSF representatives about all matters under their purview, including the Portfolio Review. NSF Portfolio Review (Many Endorse System Roadmap Committee Statement): Nearly a thousand community members have endorsed the statement issued by the Ground-based OIR System Roadmap Committee (SRC) on the NSF/AST Portfolio Review Committee (PRC) report. The statement describes the profound adverse impact on ground-based astronomy and the OIR System if the PRC recommendations are implemented as described in their report. The strong endorsement of the SRC statement, which makes recommendations regarding the implementation of the report, is broadly based, demonstrating that the statement represents the views of the broad community. We invite the community to attend the NSF and NOAO Town Halls at the January AAS meeting and discuss the implementation of the NSF Portfolio Review report. CTIO’s 50th Anniversary Celebration (Conference on “Fifty Years of Wide Field Studies in the Southern Hemisphere”): To celebrate the 50th anniversary of NOAO in the South, NOAO will host in La Serena, Chile on 6-9 May 2013 a conference on resolved stellar populations of the Milky Way bulge, the Galactic Halo, and the Magellanic Clouds. The conference will cover existing observations from large-scale surveys, new surveys in development, and diverse strategies that can place innovative constraints on Galaxy formation models. The registration deadline is 1 April 2013. System Development (Workshop on “Spectroscopy in the Era of LSST”): Spectroscopic follow-up observations of LSST discoveries will play an important, often critical, role in fulfilling the scientific promise of LSST. To prepare for science with LSST, NOAO will host a workshop in Tucson on 11-12 April 2013. The goal of the workshop is to produce a responsive and prioritized development plan for the coming decade. Please register by 31 January 2013. Contact Us Did something interesting, inspiring, or surprising happen on a recent observing run? Please tell us about it! Is there a topic that you would like to see covered in a future Currents? If you are planning a regional astronomy meeting or department internal symposium, would you like someone from NOAO to give a presentation on our new program? Please contact us at currents@noao.edu. We look forward to hearing from you! · • · Previous Issues November 2012 • Issue 24 August 2012 • Issue 23 May 2012 • Issue 22 February 2012 • Issue 21 January 2012 • Issue 20 December 2011 • Issue 19 November 2011 • Issue 18 October 2011 • Issue 17 August 2011 • Issue 16 December 2010 • Issue 15 August 2010 • Issue 14 May 2010 • Issue 13 February 2010 • Issue 12 November 2009 • Issue 11 October 2009 • Issue 10 August 2009 • Issue 9 February 2009 • Issue 8 December 2008 • Issue 7 October 2008 • Issue 6 August 2008 • Issue 5 July 2008 • Issue 4 May 2008 • Issue 3 April 2008 • Issue 2 February 2008 • Issue 1	In this Issue NSF Portfolio Review CTIO 50th LSST Workshop Contact Us
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